Last arrival of the year

When I wrote that summary of 2014 post, I WAS being serious when I said that I wouldn’t buy any new dolls this year, but… ahahahahah. ( ＾▽＾；) My grandma gave me money for Christmas, saying that I could buy whatever I wanted with it… aaaand I usually check the sites a couple of times a week to keep an eye on the market prices, so I happened to see a very reasonably priced Mio for sale at Mandarake and… … I’m such a bad, bad girl, I know. (ﾉ)´∀｀(ヾ) But I just couldn’t resist! ♥

I regretted SO MUCH not pre-ordering her when I had the chance. I don’t even know why really, I guess I didn’t look at her closely enough — and I was busy hunting down Usagi-san Miu too — so her outfit didn’t seem very interesting to me. (」ﾟヘﾟ)」 But when I saw owner photos, I realised what a lovely face she has and her outfit seemed really cute to me, too, especially the shirt, shoes and hairband. (´；д；`) ♥ ♥ ♥ And since I ended up getting both Mia and Miu, I just couldn’t imagine not getting the third sister. Especially since all three dolls’ haircolour (and style) go so well together… so they definitely look like sisters! And, well, Mio has the LL bust, so that tempted me as well, uhuhuhu~ ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ) ♥ I generally prefer my girls busty, if it wasn’t obvious already…

But yeah, let’s put those box opening photos here before I ramble into the sunset, lol! They’re not very good because I only got to pick her up around 2pm (as I only got home a few hours earlier) and the light was fading away:

Then I quickly hurried to build a small set…

And later in the evening I tried some clothes on her… none of the tops that I have for my girls fit her, because of her large bust, lol! I need to make her some shirts of her own soon, ahah… I also braided her hair, I think she looks really lovely like this~ (●♡∀♡) ♥

I chose the name Kasumi for her because I’ve wanted to name someone that for a long time, haha~ Well, actually I had two options for her name, the other being Kaori, but when I saw her in person, I just kept thinking “Kasumi” every time I looked at her. She has such a gentle face, I think that the name suits her well.（*´▽｀*）♥ I like to think of her as a certain type of anime big sister character… for example, Kasumi in Ranma½ and Lily in Rune Factory Oceans. A kind-hearted but a bit of a scatterbrained girl, who cares deeply for her younger sisters. (´ ▽｀).。ｏ♡

“Kasumi” can mean mist, but again… I went for something a little more unusual, I suppose. The kanji that I ended up choosing for her name is 佳寿美 because the middle kanji corresponds to her younger sisters’ names, 寿音 and 寿璃. That particular kanji is the one that can mean longevity or congratulations, as I’ve explained in her sisters’ box openings. The first kanji is for beautiful/good/excellent and the third one for beauty/autumn. So basically you could interpret her name meaning “long-living beauty” or something like that, haha.（　´∀｀） Well, I don’t know if these really make any sense, since I’m by no means an expert in the Japanese language, but… well, I try anyway. (゜▽゜;)

Her knees really are horrible, though, even worse than Yumei’s! It’s especially bad because she’s so top heavy with her huge boobs, lol~ But I’ve been thinking about buying an L-type body and seeing if I can exchange the LL bust onto that… I’d want her to be taller than my other girls, since she’s the oldest. But we’ll see if that works out. I’ve been trying to find some side-by-side comparison photos and the L & M bodies seem similar in size, so I really hope that I can swap the torsos and make Kasumi a little bit taller. ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ Now I need to go and update her profile~